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The RAAF area commands were the major operational and administrative formations of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) between 1940 and 1954. Early in World War II, in 1940 and 1941, they oversaw most of the operations, training and maintenance within their boundaries. Following the outbreak of the Pacific War the area structure was revised to give a total of five commands, with two functional groups assuming the maintenance role. The area commands focussed on operations until the end of hostilities. A new area command covering RAAF units in New Guinea existed from 1944 to 1947. By the early 1950s the area command structure was no longer considered appropriate and in 1953 it was re-formed as Home Command (controlling operations), Training Command, and Maintenance Command. The area commands ceded their authority to these functional commands in 1954, and were disbanded by the end of 1956. (This article is part of a featured topic: RAAF area commands.)
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Hi Ian and anyone else interested: a draft blurb for this article is above. Thoughts, comments and edits are welcome. Gog the Mild (talk) 18:28, 23 December 2019 (UTC)